Should you ask her fa­ther for per­mis­sion?

So, he’s drunk you un­der the ta­ble, showed you up on the golf course and now you want his mar­i­tal bless­ing. Smart move? Per­haps. But is it nec­es­sary? Ac­cord­ing to a 2015 sur­vey by The­knot.

com, more than three quar­ters of men still ask for per­mis­sion from their part­ner’s fa­ther or par­ents be­fore they pro­pose. While be­ing in her dad’s good books may seem like the right move, make sure it is what your part­ner would want, warns Meghan Brown, direc­tor of

Howheasked.com. Not only do many women feel the cus­tom is out­dated, it may also save you one of the most ex­cru­ti­at­ing con­ver­sa­tions you can have with a man whose na­tive tongue is ban­ter and spe­cialty: ball-break­ing.